[ELS]

Pope Benedict XVI (C) waves as he arrives to lead his weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican March 7, 2007. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (VATICAN)

Pope Benedict XVI walks down the steps of the Paul VI hall during the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

[ELS]

Weekly audience ping!

Please let me know if you want to be on or off of this list.

[siunevada]

Clement's Letter to the Corinthians

Or as I like to think of them, those crazy, crazy Corinthians.

Paul and Clement treated them pretty gently. Nowadays, some people would be screaming "Heresy!" and "Excommunication!" at the very least.

I remember reading this letter and thinking that portions of it could have been written yesterday. To me, some of the phrasing and the thoughts expressed seemed very similar to letters that are written in the current age.

[Quix]

Great words.

Alas . . . mankind's political bent is not so easily wiped away regardless of the admirable words . . . Not in DC and certainly not in Rome either.

[Salvation]

From the Lenten Stational Churches thread -- three entries for St. Clement Church.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/1788642/posts?q=1&&page=73#65

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/1788642/posts?q=1&&page=73#66

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/1788642/posts?q=1&&page=73#67